Lunar New Year 2023–Year of the Water Rabbit
Lunar New Year 2023 starts today, Sunday, January 22, 2023 in East Asia and marks the beginning of the Year of the Water Rabbit. As the Year of the Tiger (yang) comes to an end on Saturday, Jan. 21, and the Year of the Rabbit begins, we can expect an abrupt change of pace as we say goodbye to the roaring tiger and hello to the milder rabbit.
Both anatomically and behaviorally, tigers and rabbits could hardly be more different. The same is true for their corresponding zodiac years, according to astrologists. Buddhist sutras portray the rabbit as the gentlest...